Public enemies : America's greatest crime wave and the birth of the FBI, 1933-34, Bryan Burrough

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The story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover, his FBI and an assortment of criminals who became national icons: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers. Author Burrough strips away the myths to reveal a web of interconnections within the vast American underworld, and shows how Hoover's G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBI's rise to power.--From publisher description

The story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover, his FBI and an assortment of criminals who became national icons: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers. Author Burrough strips away the myths to reveal a web of interconnections within the vast American underworld, and shows how Hoover's G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBI's rise to power.--From publisher description

Summary

Presents the story of the spectacular crime wave that gave birth to the FBI and the two-year battle between the young J. Edgar Hoover and an assortment of criminals who became national icons: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers

A prelude to war, Spring 1933 -- A massacre by persons unknown, June 8 to June 15, 1933 -- The college boys take the field, June 17-July 22, 1933 -- The baying of the hounds, July 22 to August 25, 1933 -- The Kid Jimmy, August 18 to September 25, 1933 -- The streets of Chicago, October 12 to November 20, 1933 -- Ambushes, November 20 to December 31, 1933 -- "An attack on all we hold dear," January 2 to January 28, 1934 -- A star is born, January 30 to March 2, 1934 -- Dillinger and Nelson, March 3 to March 29, 1934 -- Crescendo, March 30 to April 10, 1934 -- Death in the North woods, April 10 to April 23, 1934 -- "And it's death for Bonnie and Clyde," April 23 to May 23, 1934 -- New faces, May 24 to June 30, 1934 -- The woman in orange, July 1 to July 27, 1934 -- The scramble, July 23 to September 12, 1934 -- A field in Ohio and a highway in Illinois, September 18 to November 27, 1934 -- The last man standing, December 3, 1934, to January 20, 1935 -- Pas de Deux, January 1935 until ..

Control code

18408940

Dimensions

25 cm

Extent

xiv, 592 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates

Isbn

9781594200212

Isbn Type

(alk. paper)

Lccn

2004044315

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

n

Other physical details

illustrations, maps, portraits

System control number

(OCoLC)ocm54349644

(OCoLC)54349644

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Public enemies : America's greatest crime wave and the birth of the FBI, 1933-34, Bryan Burrough

A prelude to war, Spring 1933 -- A massacre by persons unknown, June 8 to June 15, 1933 -- The college boys take the field, June 17-July 22, 1933 -- The baying of the hounds, July 22 to August 25, 1933 -- The Kid Jimmy, August 18 to September 25, 1933 -- The streets of Chicago, October 12 to November 20, 1933 -- Ambushes, November 20 to December 31, 1933 -- "An attack on all we hold dear," January 2 to January 28, 1934 -- A star is born, January 30 to March 2, 1934 -- Dillinger and Nelson, March 3 to March 29, 1934 -- Crescendo, March 30 to April 10, 1934 -- Death in the North woods, April 10 to April 23, 1934 -- "And it's death for Bonnie and Clyde," April 23 to May 23, 1934 -- New faces, May 24 to June 30, 1934 -- The woman in orange, July 1 to July 27, 1934 -- The scramble, July 23 to September 12, 1934 -- A field in Ohio and a highway in Illinois, September 18 to November 27, 1934 -- The last man standing, December 3, 1934, to January 20, 1935 -- Pas de Deux, January 1935 until ..